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by dandelany 384 days ago
As opposed to what we have now?
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Yes - things could get worse from the status quo.

At the moment, ad networks don't pay for bot impressions when detected - so content farms tend to optimize for what passes for humans. All bets are off if human and bot visitors offer the same economic value via miners, or worse if it turns out that bots are more profitable due to human impatience.

Imagine an internet optimized for bot visitors, and indifferent to humans. It would be a kind of refined brainrot aimed at a brainless audience.